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Stories from 2004-02-15

Activists in Boston Host No-DNC Consulta

Anand Vaishnav | Boston Globe | February 15, 2004

"The Bl(A)ck Tea Society plans no marches or rallies, although it hopes to arrange an open-air concert and an 'alternative village' that would disseminate information on politics and current issues. Members dismissed the stereotype of unruly activists running around breaking windows or creating havoc — although they acknowledged that a little street theater or traffic disruption would not hurt." [more]

The Permanent Scars of Iraq

Sara Corbett | New York Times | February 15, 2004

"For the wounded veterans of the Iraq war, the battles now are with sleeping and waking, and the close-in fighting is with intimates and one's self." [more]

The Very, Very Personal is the Political

Jon Gertner | New York Times | February 15, 2004

"Political parties are using enormous databases to learn everything about you so they can tailor their pitches for candidates just for you. Are campaigning and voting becoming just marketing and consumption?" [more]

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This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.